Komodo Island Indonesia
The presence of the Komodo National Park became one of the Popular vote competition nominees "New 7 Wonder" is currently quite inviting appeal. The controversy that accompanied the event certainly has absolutely no effect on intensive efforts to continue to preserve the park in 1986 by UNESCO as world heritage site.
Komodo National Park is located between the province of West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara includes three major islands of Komodo, Rinca, and Padar Island and several small islands with a land area covering 603 km ² and the total area is 1817 km ². Administratively the area is located within the District of Komodo, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province. National Park is designated as a conservation area by the Minister of Forestry forest with an area of 132,572 ha is initially formed with the purpose of conserving species of giant lizard Komodo dragon or a unique and rare.
Komodo dragons are found in 1910. He was a great and terrible reputation that makes them popular in zoos. Komodo in the wild habitat has shrunk and hence incorporate Komodo IUCN as a species vulnerable to extinction. This large lizard is now protected under Indonesian law and a national park was established to protect them.
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